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"Open Lung" Strategy May Improve Some Outcomes in Acute Lung Injury
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Title "Open Lung" Strategy May Improve Some Outcomes in Acute Lung Injury
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570142?src=rss
Description In a randomized controlled trial, the "open-lung" strategy did not reduce mortality or barotraumas but improved oxygenation and reduced hypoxemia-related deaths and use of rescue therapies. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date Feb 14, 2008
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